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LEWISHAM , a See also:south-eastern See also:metropolitan See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough of See also:London, See also:England, bounded N.W. by See also:Deptford, N.E. by See also:Greenwich, E. by See also:Woolwich, and W. by See also:Camberwell, and extending S. to the boundary of the See also:county of London. Pop. (1901) 127,495. Its See also:area is for the most See also:part occupied by villas. It includes the districts of See also:Blackheath and See also:- LEE
- LEE (or LEGIT) ROWLAND (d. 1543)
- LEE, ANN (1736–1784)
- LEE, ARTHUR (1740–1792)
- LEE, FITZHUGH (1835–1905)
- LEE, GEORGE ALEXANDER (1802-1851)
- LEE, HENRY (1756-1818)
- LEE, JAMES PRINCE (1804-1869)
- LEE, NATHANIEL (c. 1653-16g2)
- LEE, RICHARD HENRY (1732-1794)
- LEE, ROBERT EDWARD (1807–1870)
- LEE, SIDNEY (1859– )
- LEE, SOPHIA (1950-1824)
- LEE, STEPHEN DILL (1833-1908)
Lee in the See also:north, Hither See also:Green, Catford and Brockley in the central parts, and See also:Forest See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill and part of See also:Sydenham in the south-See also:west. In the districts last named well-wooded hills rise above 300 ft., and this is an especially favoured residential See also:quarter, its popularity being formerly increased by the presence of medicinal springs, discovered in 164o, on Sydenham See also:Common. Towards the south, in spite of the See also:constant See also:extension of See also:building, there are considerable tracts of ground uncovered, apart from public grounds. In the north the borough includes the greater part of Blackheath (q.v.), an open common of considerable See also:historical See also:interest. The other See also:principal See also:pleasure grounds are Hilly See also:Fields (46 acres) and Ladywell Recreation Grounds (46 acres) in the north-west part of the borough; and at Sydenham (but outside the boundary of the county of London) is the Crystal See also:Palace. Among institutions are the Horniman Museum, Forest Hill (1901); Morden's See also:College, on the south of Blackheath, founded at Cie See also:close of the 17th See also:century by See also:Sir See also:John Morden for See also:Turkey merchants who were received as pensioners, and subsequently extended in See also:- SCOPE (through Ital. scopo, aim, purpose, intent, from Gr. o'KOaos, mark to shoot at, aim, o ic07reiv, to see, whence the termination in telescope, microscope, &c.)
scope; numerous See also:schools in the same locality; and the See also:Park See also:Fever See also:Hospital, Hither Green. The See also:parliamentary borough of Lewisham returns one member. The borough See also:council consists of a See also:mayor, 7 aldermen and 42 councillors. Area, 7014.4 acres.
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